In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Dickinson College students are finding it difficult to attend class
As war excitement continued, the weekly faculty meeting at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania decided to excuse all class absences the previous week "on the ground of the war excitement that prevailed." (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Minutes of the Faculty of Dickinson College for April 29, 1861, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania